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New for-profit company to sell software that powers Indiana’s health info exchange

New for-profit company to sell software that powers Indiana’s health info exchange

April 20, 2013 8:32 am by | 0 Comments

The Indiana Health Information Exchange is spinning off a for-profit company to support its own efforts and bring the benefits of health information exchanges to other states and communities.The Regenstrief ... Read more

Lilly reports positive results from two trials of diabetes drug

Lilly reports positive results from two trials of diabetes drug

April 16, 2013 9:06 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co said two additional late-stage studies testing its experimental diabetes drug dulaglutide met the main goal of reducing hemoglobin A1c levels, a measure of blood ... Read more


Drugmaker Lilly seeks to cut 30 percent of its U.S. sales force: WSJ

Drugmaker Lilly seeks to cut 30 percent of its U.S. sales force: WSJ

April 12, 2013 12:25 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co plans to layoff about 1,000 domestic sales representatives to reduce costs, as it faces daunting generic competition, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing ... Read more

Small businesses find part-time workers adding up to healthcare for all employees

Small businesses find part-time workers adding up to healthcare for all employees

April 7, 2013 11:04 am by | 3 Comments

Two drivers of higher costs for employers are a health insurance tax expected to disproportionately affect small businesses and the employer mandate, which requires employers with more than 50 full-time ... Read more

Eli Lilly to double size of new plant under construction

Eli Lilly to double size of new plant under construction

April 2, 2013 11:00 am by | 1 Comments

Five months after breaking ground on a $140 million insulin plant at its Harding Street campus, Eli Lilly and Co. has decided that the plant needs to be a lot ... Read more

Eli Lilly insurer’s lawsuit says insider information led to $60 million drug heist

Eli Lilly insurer’s lawsuit says insider information led to $60 million drug heist

April 2, 2013 10:59 am by | 0 Comments

So artfully done was the overnight theft of more than $60 million worth of drugs from an Eli Lilly and Co. warehouse in Connecticut that it seemed an inside job.It ... Read more

Upping vigorous exercise may improve fibromyalgia

Upping vigorous exercise may improve fibromyalgia

March 28, 2013 12:49 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For those who are able, exercising once or twice more weekly may alleviate some symptoms of a chronic pain condition without making joints feel worse, ... Read more


Analytics firm wants to help pharma improve the odds on “go/no go” decision with new drugs

Analytics firm wants to help pharma improve the odds on “go/no go” decision with new drugs

March 22, 2013 7:45 am by | 0 Comments

There’s a lot of money at stake when pharmaceutical companies are developing a drug with blockbuster potential. MedeoLinx Inc. wants to improve the odds.The Indianapolis bioanalytical CRO says its informaticians ... Read more

Diagnotes delivers patient info to on-call docs and updates medical records

Diagnotes delivers patient info to on-call docs and updates medical records

March 6, 2013 7:21 am by | 0 Comments

Diagnotes Inc. wants to make it easier for on-call doctors to get up to speed quickly with patients they may have never met.The Indianapolis startup is on the verge of ... Read more

Allos Ventures will invest in the Midwest with new $40M fund for early-stage technologies

Allos Ventures will invest in the Midwest with new $40M fund for early-stage technologies

February 22, 2013 12:17 pm by | 0 Comments

Midwest VC firm Allos Ventures has $40 million in tow and is looking to use it to back a handful of emerging technology companies in the region.Allos’ recently closed second ... Read more

Where are the U.S.’s fastest-growing companies? Many aren’t where you’d expect (infographic)

Where are the U.S.’s fastest-growing companies? Many aren’t where you’d expect (infographic)

February 19, 2013 3:51 pm by | 1 Comments

When it comes to entrepreneurial hubs and good places to start a business, reports that name Silicon Valley and Boston as technology and healthcare clusters are only telling part of ... Read more

Clinicals trial database including J&J, Lily, Merck will launch by year’s end

Clinicals trial database including J&J, Lily, Merck will launch by year’s end

November 15, 2012 9:30 am by | 0 Comments

Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co Inc and Eli Lily & Co, plan to launch a one-stop database of global clinical trial sites aimed at streamlining paperwork and speeding the ... Read more

Beacon trial reduced readmissions of heart patients to 3% using home video conferences

Beacon trial reduced readmissions of heart patients to 3% using home video conferences

September 12, 2012 8:00 am by | 1 Comments

A nurse version of Max Headroom was the key to reducing hospital readmissions to 3 percent among some of the sickest patients in Indianapolis.Dr. Alan D. Snell, the chief medical ... Read more

FDA clears Roche Diagnostics’ tests to diagnose herpes viruses

FDA clears Roche Diagnostics’ tests to diagnose herpes viruses

September 4, 2012 12:32 pm by | 0 Comments

Roche Diagnostics Corp. announced Tuesday that the company has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market two automated tests for herpes simplex virus 1 and 2.The tests ... Read more

MyVaxIndiana offers online access to electronic copies of shot records for Hoosiers

MyVaxIndiana offers online access to electronic copies of shot records for Hoosiers

August 17, 2012 5:35 pm by | 0 Comments

Another piece of the electronic health record puzzle is now in place, at least for parents in Indiana. MyVaxIndiana lets Hoosiers download a copy of vaccination records.The process is fairly ... Read more